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Release Number: 13-449

For Immediate Release:

Public Information Office of Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office

November 13, 2013

Contact Person:

Public Information Office : piooffice@hcso.tampa.fl.us

813-247-8060

Suspect Sees Himself On The News And Turns Himself In

Suspect also brought the stolen laptop to the jail and turned it over to detectives.

Sunday

November 10, 2013

Time: 8:00 AM

Wal-Mart

1208 Brandon Blvd

Valrico, Florida

Update:

Late this afternoon, Oscar Lawrence turned himself in at the Orient Road Jail after he spotted himself on the news carrying a stolen laptop out of a Valrico Wal-Mart. Lawrence also brought the stolen laptop to the jail and turned it over to detectives.

The female suspect, who acted as the lookout, has not been charged pending further investigation.

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office appreciates the media's broadcast of the suspect's information and helping us resolve this case!

Details:

Just before 8 am, on October 10, 2013 a unidentified male and female suspect entered the Wal-Mart, 1208 Brandon Blvd in Valrico. The female suspect acted as a lookout while the male suspect used a pair of scissors to pry open a display case holding laptop computers.

The male suspect then removed a HP laptop from the display case and both suspects exited the store without paying for it. Both suspects fled in a green 4 door vehicle, possibly a 2004 Mercury Sable.

Anyone with any information regarding the suspect's identities is asked to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at 247-8200 or anyone who wants to be eligible for a cash reward is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS